Passenger has shared his latest single, Boomerang, alongside a cinematic new video, as anticipation builds for his forthcoming album Wild Love, due for release on 6th November. The new track arrives after a remarkable week for the chart-topping, Ivor Novello Award-winning singer-songwriter, who recently attracted a crowd of hundreds for an impromptu busking performance outside Tate Modern before returning to his hometown for a huge homecoming show at Hove Park.
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Boomerang is already a familiar favourite among Passenger fans. An early demo of the song was posted to social media three years ago, prompting repeated requests for an official release, while the track has also featured in Passenger’s recent live performances. It now takes its place on Wild Love as the oldest song on the album.
Written during lockdown, Boomerang captures the restless frustration of being trapped in repetition while simultaneously looking towards a simpler, more meaningful existence. For Passenger — real name Mike Rosenberg — the song became something more than a reflection of the moment in which it was written. Its yearning for change would ultimately prove remarkably prophetic. “I wrote this song during lockdown (said every musician ever) and poured all of my restless and anxious energy into it,” Rosenberg explains. “I was tired of ‘Groundhog Day’ — the monotony of it all — and tried to boil down the things that I wanted and perhaps didn’t feel that I had at that time. To live a good life, to love and be loved and to feel a sense of inner peace, things that I guess most of us are all striving for. I think that’s what makes the song relatable hopefully.”
Those themes of love, fulfilment and finding peace run throughout Wild Love. What began as a song written from a place of uncertainty and frustration became, in retrospect, something of a harbinger for a completely different chapter in Rosenberg’s life. Since writing it, Passenger has unexpectedly found love, married and become a father, with those experiences and the emotions surrounding them informing the forthcoming record.
The cinematic video for Boomerang reinforces the song’s themes of routine, escape and finding beauty in an apparently ordinary life. Filmed in the picturesque harbour village of Polperro in Cornwall, the film sees Passenger take on the role of a fisherman whose days follow a familiar pattern of early starts, long hours at sea and evenings spent winding down in the local pub. There is an unmistakable sense of repetition to his character’s existence, echoing the song’s lockdown-era frustration with the cycle of “Groundhog Day”. Yet the film also finds something deeply beautiful in that simplicity. Surrounded by the rugged Cornish coastline, hard work and a close connection to the sea become less a symbol of confinement and more an illustration of a life lived with purpose.
The video is directed by Nic Minns, continuing his creative relationship with Passenger following their recent collaboration on the visual for It Was Gonna Be You.
Wild Love promises to explore the personal transformation that sits behind Boomerang, with Passenger turning towards love, family and the changes that come with entering a new phase of life. The album follows his long-established ability to pair intimate songwriting with expansive, emotionally direct melodies, while its title suggests a record concerned as much with the unexpected nature of life as it is with romance.
Passenger has also announced an extensive 2027 Wild Love Tour, taking in Europe before returning to the UK and Ireland in September. The European leg begins in March, travelling through Scandinavia, Germany, France, Belgium and the Netherlands before continuing into Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Poland and the Czech Republic in April. Strong demand has already greeted the tour, with Amsterdam’s AFAS Live recording Passenger’s fastest-ever ticket sales for a show in the city.
The UK and Ireland dates then follow in September, including shows in Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Manchester, London, Exeter, Bristol, Birmingham and Brighton.
With Boomerang finally receiving its official release after years of fan anticipation, Wild Love now moves another step closer. For a song written during one of the most uncertain periods of Passenger’s life, its eventual arrival finds Rosenberg in a very different place — one shaped by love, family and the unexpected turns that life can take.
Upcoming UK & Ireland Live Dates:
SEPTEMBER 2027
7th – Dublin, 3Olympia
8th – Belfast, Ulster Hall
11th – Glasgow, O2 Academy
12th – Edinburgh, Usher Hall
14th – Newcastle, O2 City Hall
15th – Manchester, O2 Apollo
17th – London, Eventim Apollo
21st – Exeter, Great Hall
22nd – Bristol, Beacon
24th – Birmingham, O2 Academy
25th – Brighton, Dome
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